Stars very happy that they got Sergei Gonchar. Felt they were over-working their D too much (Daley and Robidas mentioned by name), I had to force the name Goligoski into the conversation strangely. Feel that Gonchar will be a great mentor for Joe Morrow. Stars very happy with the depth at D that they've added recently. High-ranking source agreed with me that they've never adequately replaced Sergei Zubov and it has hurt the on-ice product.

I'm in the crowd that thinks it's extremely likely they buy him out. Bryz is not an elite goaltender and is also a headcase by even goaltender standards. Flyers would probably rather throw a cheap contract at Timmay Thomas and go ahead and ditch The Bryz, who has a bad contract on a team that is going to need some serious cap relief.

Made a joke about Bryzgalov being bought out at a recent hockey-heavy get together: people closest to the Flyers laughed the hardest and made eye contact. I'm a major social awareness guy and I got the feeling that I was on to something there. Just a weird hunch I got. Feel free to disregard. Hockeyyyiinnssidder, feel free to steal this and call it legit...

I'm probably in the minority, but I would be interested in ditching MAF and signing a freed-up Bryz to a cheap two year deal to compete with Vokoun next year.He's a head case (OFF the ice), but can certainly play.